Senior Systems Engineer

Trace Systems Inc.; Illinois; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

PTO

Life and disability insurance

Job summary

Trace Systems Inc. seeks a Senior Systems Engineer to deliver Tier III systems administration for production A2G2 environments at Scott AFB, Illinois.

You will sustain servers, coordinate outages, analyze performance, and certify readiness for mission events. The role requires active Top Secret clearance, US citizenship, 5+ years of enterprise systems experience, and DoD 8140 qualifications, with potential to obtain additional credentials within six months.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance required for the role.
• US citizenship is required.
• DoD 8140 credentials may be met through education, training, or certifications.
• 5+ years of systems engineering or administration experience in enterprise production environments.
• DoD 8140 certifications such as SecurityX / CASP+, CCNA/CCNP Security, CCSP, GFACT or equivalent may be accepted.

Responsibilities

• Install, support, maintain, and administer servers and other computer systems in production and non-production environments.
• Plan for and respond to service outages and coordinate scheduled maintenance.
• Assess hardware capacity for changes and identify required upgrades.
• Monitor, update trouble tickets and perform trend analysis.
• Analyze production performance metrics and advise stakeholders.
• Coordinate problem resolution across teams and document outcomes.
• Capture test-environment requirements before mission or test events.
• Assess new products/releases and provide recommendations.

Skills

Clear communication

Citizenship requirement

System administration

Outage coordination

Security best practices

Education

Master's or PhD in Computer Science / Cybersecurity / Data Science / Information Systems / Information Technology / Software Engineering

DoD 8140 certification or equivalent

Microsoft 365 Certified Enterprise Administrator Expert

RHCSA

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

Tools

Microsoft 365

Red Hat

VMware

DISA STIGs

ServiceNow

Job description

Job Overview

Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer

Location: Scott AFB, Illinois

Job Responsibilities

Trace Systems is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to provide Tier III systems administration and environment support for production A2G2 systems and the Scott AFB IL. The engineer will sustain servers and platforms, coordinate outages, resolve complex problems, and evaluate system readiness for releases and mission events. The project associated with this position is currently in the proposal stage.

• Install, support, maintain, and administer servers and other computer systems in production and non-production environments.
• Plan for and respond to service outages and coordinate scheduled maintenance with the GSOC.
• Assess whether existing hardware can support application changes and identify required products, hot fixes, and upgrades.
• Monitor, respond to, and update trouble tickets and provide ad hoc ticket-trend analysis.
• Analyze production performance metrics and provide recommendations to Government stakeholders.
• Coordinate system, application, component, and infrastructure problem resolution with relevant organizations and document outcomes.
• Capture, document, and verify test-environment requirements before mission or test events.
• Assess new products and releases and provide analysis and fielding recommendations.
• Administer environments using Government-authorized tools, methods, security controls, and configuration standards.

In accordance with the Illinois Equal Pay Act, the following pay scale and benefits information is being provided as required for positions subject to Illinois pay transparency requirements.

Salary Minimum: $85,000

Salary Maximum: $110,000

The base salary range above represents the low and high end of the Trace salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. In addition, Trace provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, flexible spending accounts, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, company holidays and paid time off (PTO).

Minimum Qualifications

• Active, in-scope US Government issued Top Secret clearance (minimum); higher-level eligibility may be required based on assigned access.
• Due to the nature of the work and contract requirements, US Citizenship is required.
• Candidates must meet the applicable DoD 8140 qualification requirements for the assigned work role. DoD 8140 Work Role(s): 451 System Administrator, Proficiency Level: Advanced; and may qualify through education, military training, certifications, or a combination thereof.
• Qualifying 8140 credentials include a Masters or Ph.D degree in Computer Science or Cybersecurity or Data Science or Information Systems or Information Technology or Software Engineering or completion of relevant military communications or network training.
• Qualifying 8140 certifications may include SecurityX / CASP+, CCNA, CCNP Security, CCSP, FITSP-O, GFACT or other DoD 8140-approved certifications. Higher proficiency-level or equivalent DoD 8140-approved certifications applicable to the assigned work role may also be accepted.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to coordinate effectively with technical and non-technical personnel.
• Ability to work in a secure DoD environment and comply with applicable Air Force, installation, and program security requirements.
• 5+ years of systems engineering or administration experience supporting enterprise production environments.
• One of the following, or ability to obtain it within six months: Microsoft 365 Certified Enterprise Administrator Expert, Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), or VMware Certified Professional (VCP).
• DoD-approved IA baseline certification commensurate with the position, or ability to obtain it within six months.
• Experience with server operations, virtualization, patching, troubleshooting, backups, performance analysis, and outage coordination.

Desired Qualification

• Experience supporting Microsoft 365, Red Hat, VMware, classified networks, SIL environments, EACN, or A2G2.
• Experience with ServiceNow, automation, DISA STIGs, high availability, or disaster recovery.
• Prior military service or experience supporting Department of Defense or U.S. Air Force customers.
• Experience supporting mission-essential communications in distributed, multi-site environments.

Trace Systems

Trace Systems Inc. was founded to support and defend our nation's security interests at home and abroad–– whenever and wherever. We provide enterprise IT, engineering, full life-cycle communications, cybersecurity, cloud and virtualization services and solutions to the United States Department of Defense and other federal agencies.

Trace Systems is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates will be considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.